Here you can find the source of toArrayList(Collection
public static <T> ArrayList<T> toArrayList(Collection<T> from)
//package com.java2s; /**/*from w ww .j a v a 2 s . c om*/ * Exhibit A - UIRF Open-source Based Public Software License. * * The contents of this file are subject to the UIRF Open-source Based Public * Software License(the "License"); you may not use this file except in * compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * openelis.uhl.uiowa.edu * * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for * the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License. * * The Original Code is OpenELIS code. * * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is The University of Iowa. * Portions created by The University of Iowa are Copyright 2006-2008. All * Rights Reserved. * * Contributor(s): ______________________________________. * * Alternatively, the contents of this file marked "Separately-Licensed" may be * used under the terms of a UIRF Software license ("UIRF Software License"), in * which case the provisions of a UIRF Software License are applicable instead * of those above. */ import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collection; public class Main { /** * Convert a Collection to ArrayList */ public static <T> ArrayList<T> toArrayList(Collection<T> from) { if (from instanceof ArrayList) return (ArrayList<T>) from; return new ArrayList<T>(from); } }